The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-08
FLORIDA.

Winter Park has a circulating library
with 900 volumes.
Work on the Tavares, Orlando and Gulf
will be resumed next week.
Kissimmee shipped two car loads of water
melons to Washington last week.
The Ocala High School will close June
10, with its monthly examination.
+. M. Vary, prominent Palatka at
torney, died there Sunday evening.
w II. Howell, living a mile and half
from Orlando, saved sixty-three and half
dozen eggs from fifty hens during the month
of May
A Cuban created some excitement on the
streets in Tampa one day last week by fall
ing in a fainting fit few minutes after
being married
An Ohio gentleman, Cleveland by name
is putting out an 800 acre orange grove near
Wildwood, and has from forty to fifty hands
employed in the work.
A. p. Kott, the Brevard cattle king
brought to Sanford four car loads of cattle
from his ranch Thursday. They were
shipped to the Savannah market
All OF Alaehuas citizens, both white and
cclored, are indignant at the action Of the
Legislature in reducing the number of
Aiachua county's representatives from four
to two.
It is now the duty of all Gainesville
owners of dogs 10 pay the 81 city tax and
secure collar for them. On and after July
all dogs not wearing the collar will be or
dered killed by the City Marshal.
Arrangements are being perfected for an
ocean yacht race between well-known craft
of the ST. Johns river, to take place in a
week or two. 1t is the intention of the pro
jectors that the course will be so laid that
parties visiting Pablo Beach can have an OPP
portunity of witnessing it.
A Bay Port correspondent of the Brooks
vile Ne,cs says: 1--WE understand that an
extension of the Sanford and Tavares branch
of the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West
is being considered, and q route from Tava-
res by Ista Chatta, and through the Annut-
taliga hummock TO Bay Port, is being ex-
amined.n
The action of the Orange County Board
Of Health in suggesting that the government
be requested TO furnish cutters to patrol the
coast and maintain the quarantine against
yellow fever, by sea as well as by land, Is TO
be commended and should be Endorsed by
the boards Of health of other counties on
the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
+. w. Jernigan, the successful wine
maker of West Putnam, has the largest
crop of grapes ever grown in his vine
yard. He has one acre i'll grape vines, and
he thinks Of making 1000 gallons of wine
this fall. He has about twenty barrels now
on hand of the finest kind of wine that can
be made from grapes.
The County Superintendent of Public
Schools for Manatee county reports 6S
schools from Sept |, 1885, to May /, 1857, 10
of which were for less than three months
There were 81 teachers employed, at a net
cost of 81, 46l 80 for salaries. There were
1909 scholars enrolled. The highest attend
ance was at Manatee 90. and Mt Joshua
creek, 90; Fort Ogden 80, Palmetto So, Ar
cadia and Wauchula each 81.
The prize debate Saturday night at the
East Florida Seminary was on "Rcsolved,
the Warrior is OF More Benefit TO Coun,
try than the Statesman" The disputants
were: Afiirmatives-Cad f. Halle and
f. w. Stone; negative-Cadets G. r. Cater
and s. T. Shaylor Shaylor got first prize
and Cater second. The commencement
sermon at the opera house Sunday evening,
by Rev. J. 4. Eden, was delivered before a
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